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POD is an acronym for Print On Demand, a business model for book manufacture and sales. The book cover and manuscript content of a POD book are stored digitally, and individual copies of the book are printed and bound from these files only upon receipt of a paid order for the book.

Two examples of POD service providers who work with authors and publishers are Lulu and CreateSpace. Another variant on POD is the Espresso Book Machine, a POD book vending machine which allows book buyers to select a book and have it printed and bound by the machine while they wait.

POD may also refer to the popular internet meme Picture of the Day, the banking term Payable on Death, or the American Christian metal band P.O.D., among others.

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• Rollycorder from Lucky Frame

  
  Palm Sounds — Authority: 450
  This is a new app currently in development from the makers of Mujik. CreativeApplications has all the news. Sounds like an interesting app
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• Sharing The Gift Of Technology No Matter Your Budget

  
  Wireless Brains — Authority: 130
  Jason needed to find a company that has iPhone screen repair services. His calling device had not been working for a couple days now and he felt lost without it. He had needed iPod screen repair services before and based on that experience, he knew he would get his equipment back just as good as new. He could not ...
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• Live: Google’s Chrome OS event

  
  MacBlender — Authority: 168
  Google provided its first public details of Chrome OS at a special event today. Electronista supplied coverage of the just-ended even; all updates are listed in reverse chronological order. Among the news unveiled are the first public view of the OS, that there will be no beta today and that the platform is being ...
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• Because It’s Christmas 2: Petit Baby (prize group 1 giveaway)

  
  3Ps in a Pod — Authority: 430
  The next gift in our Because It’s Christmas Kids and Charity Giveaway is from one of our wonderful sponsors from last year, Petit Baby.  They carry a complete line of toys to entertain and amuse children of all ages so run on over to Kim’s blog What’s That Smell? and get yourself entered for another wonderful ...
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• Rumor: iPod Touch with Camera Coming This Spring?

  
  iPhonefreak — Authority: 583
  According to The Examiner, an inside source has confirmed that an iPod Touch with camera will be released this spring. The mysterious source also confirmed that the camera-Touch was supposed to be released this past September, but Apple had to pull the camera at the last minute due to manufacturing defects. ...
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• ADE Rihanna Kitchen Scale with iPod Docking Station

  
  Loopy Gadgets and consumer electronics — Authority: 489
  iPod Docking Stations are a dime-a-dozen right now and can be purchased from basically any electronics store, but if you are looking for one to use in your Kitchen, those aren’t so popular. Here is one from ADE, A German cooking equipment maker, it is called the Rihanna. The ADE, Rihanna is a kitchen scale with an ...
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• Like Evian? Then come on and giggle….

  
  3Ps in a Pod — Authority: 430
  Okay, here is your giggle for the day. A prize winner to be sure!Thanks for dropping by 3Ps in a Pod! Hurry Back, yhear?Like Evian? Then come on and giggle…. Tags: 3PsinaPod, Evian, giggle Thanks for dropping by 3Ps in a Pod! Hurry Back, yhear? Like Evian? Then come on and giggle….
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• Virgin Mobile Canada to sell iPhone 3G, 3GS

  
  MacBlender — Authority: 168
  Virgin Mobile’s Canadian division will soon carry the iPhone, according to an announcement. The company has revealed few details, except that it will sell both the 3G and 3GS, and that a launch should happen sometime “in the coming months.” The device will also be the carrier’s first HSPA-based phone, ...
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• Overboard – View SpringBoard Pages Exposé style

  
  Apple iPhone School — Authority: 553
  Available In: Cydia       Price: $1.99   Overboard , a mod that allows you to view your SpringBoard pages Exposé style, was recently released in Cydia. If you are thinking that this app looks familiar… it’s because it does. Overboard is very similar to Orbit , by Steven Troughton-Smith, ...
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• New iPhone Worm Stealing your Sensitive Data!

  
  iPhone-Hacks.com — Authority: 118
  While listening to the latest SecurityNow! podcast from the TWiT Network, Steve Gibson the host of the podcast and security expert mentioned there was not only one but two new iPhone worms that aren’t just changing wallpapers like the ikee iphone worm reported a few days ago. This time, the worms are stealing ...
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• Give Soosiz A Try With New Lite Version

  
  Touch Arcade — Authority: 669
  Touch Foo recently released a free Lite version of their iPhone platformer Soosiz . We loved the game in our review , declared it the best iPhone platformer and gave it 5/5 stars in our monthly roundup of the best October iPhone games. The big twist to the game is its gravity-changing mechanic. When jumping to a ...
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• Give ‘Soosiz’ A Try With New Lite Version

  
  IPHONEWATCHERS.COM — Authority: 159
  Touch Foo recently released a free Lite version of their iPhone platformer Soosiz . We loved the game in our review , declared it the best iPhone platformer and gave it 5/5 stars in our monthly roundup of the best October iPhone games. The big twist to the game is its gravity-changing mechanic. When jumping to a ...
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• PhotoSpeak – Make your Photos Talk and Move Like A Real Human!

  
  iPhone-Hacks.com — Authority: 118
  This is one neat app. Photospeak [iTunes Link] by MotionPortrait Inc allows you to take a picture from your photo library or take a picture with the camera and with Photospeak’s own face recognition technology, they’ll detect the face and turn the face into a 3D face and make it move and blink like [...]
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• Jobs: Forced name change ‘not that big of a deal’

  
  MacBlender — Authority: 168
  Apple CEO Steve Jobs has chastised a Mac developer in response to a letter regarding a name change, reports say. The CEO of Little App Factory, John Devor, says he was recently served a notice by Apple lawfirm Baker & McKenzie, asking him to change the name of iPodRip, a program used to transfer content from an ...
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• Tune in to Internet Radio with RadioIn

  
  The iPhone App Review : iPhone Application News & Reviews — Authority: 434
  Price: $1.99    Score: 9/10    By Anna Papachristos Listening to your iTunes library on shuffle can be a great way to spice things up and enjoy a little variety. But no matter how diverse your music collection may be, the array of music found on the radio is just more appealing sometimes. And now, with ...
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• ‘Cabby’: Driving a Cab’s Never Been So Much Fun

  
  IPHONEWATCHERS.COM — Authority: 159
  UK-based Hidden Games has recently released a side-scrolling 2.5D point-to-point transport game with the feel of a cave-flier.  Cabby [ App Store ] is a lot of fun. The goal of the game is simple: drive (pilot?) your taxi cab from place to place, picking up passengers and packages, dropping them off where ...
  10 hours ago

• Cabby: Driving a Cabs Never Been So Much Fun

  
  Touch Arcade — Authority: 669
  UK-based Hidden Games has recently released a side-scrolling 2.5D point-to-point transport game with the feel of a cave-flier.  Cabby [ App Store ] is a lot of fun. The goal of the game is simple: drive (pilot?) your taxi cab from place to place, picking up passengers and packages, dropping them off where ...
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• DJ Player Blue Edition

  
  Palm Sounds — Authority: 450
  Weve had Touch DJ earlier this week, Sonorasaurus today, and now DJ Player Blue Edition. DJ Player has a lot of effects, but is the most expensive of the three at £14.99 . Im not going to be able to try this one out for a little while so if anyone does get to use then please let me know what you think. DJ Player ...
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• iGame Family unboxing video

  
  Tracy and Matt's Blog — Authority: 505
  Something a little different to unbox and review this week, SuperEtrader sent me over the iGame Family iPod dock to have a look at. The iGame is a simple concept, take an iPhone or iPod and drop it in to the iGame dock and you can play some cool games with a proper wireless controller on your TV ...
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• Intel’s first 32nm mobile Celeron due in spring?

  
  MacBlender — Authority: 168
  Intel’s first Celeron processor based on its 32 nanometer Arrandale design should ship this spring, a leak says today. The P4500 will clock in at just 1.86GHz but should be a dual-core example and have 2MB of Level 2 cache and perform faster than an older 45nm Celeron. Both Hyperthreading and Turbo Boost will ...
  11 hours ago

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